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This week's WE RISE episode is featuring Kavaughn Boismier, President & Founder of The Women of Windsor Mentorship Collaborative, and Tashlyn Teskey, Manager of Projects and Research with Workforce WindsorEssex.

Kavaughn Boismier is a senior leadership professional for the financial industry with over six years in Wealth Management as a Private Wealth Consultant & Wealth Advisor; Kavaughn is honoured to be one of only 16% females and 1% visible minority in the Professional Advisory space in Canada. Her primary focus and mission are to enrich the lives of individuals and entities in her community through mentorship, advocacy, and advice. Kavaughns's vision is to build a comprehensive hub of education, support, and service in Windsor-Essex County for clients who value the ability to manage their financial security and career security - is coming to life through the WoW Mentorship Collaborative.

Tashlyn Teskey is the Manager of Projects and Research with Workforce WindsorEssex. She began her career there four years ago as a Research Intern while completing her Masters degree in Political Science at the University of Windsor. After completing an 8-month internship in Nepal during her undergraduate studies, she recognized her passion for working in grassroots organizations but a little closer to home. Much of her research work has focused on employment in the skilled trades, career pathways for graduating high school students, and increasing the presence of females in the local workplace. She also considers herself an expert in all things Gilmore Girls and celebrity pop culture.

We talk about the report created for RISE Windsor-Essex highlighting key findings on women entrepreneurs and why this was important to research, what we can take away from the report and implement in our community, what the most shocking thing Tashlyn discovered through this report was, challenges women face in STEM & entrepreneurship in Windsor-Essex, best practices in other communities that support women in these fields, the creation of the Women of Windsor Mentorship Collaborative, why it was started and the need in the community, who is part of this organization and the types of mentors available, how to become involved with this mentorship collaboration, successes that have come from this initiative, and so much more!\\xa0